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Yes, This Still Happens

People who ignore international news may assume the progress made by the LGBT movement in the West is more far-reaching than it really is.

All human rights victories have potential for expanding, though. When some countries agree that a segment of society must be respected as individuals, there’s pressure for others to use similar common sense.

That said, please read this BBC report, posted online yesterday. A link appears below. As horrifying as it is, we should appreciate the fact that an international news service finds this serious enough to report.

Zanzibar is an island located in the Indian Ocean, technically on the African Continent. It is considered a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania.

Here’s a coincidence worth sharing, although it isn’t relevant to the current crisis: Freddie Mercury was born on Zanzibar in 1946. The island was a British Protectorate then, and had that status until late 1963.

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Helen Christie is a pen name for an even lesser known writer living in San Francisco. Her most recent e-book, a novelette titled Special Needs, is available on Kindle. Helen is on Twitter, username @HCwrites. Her public Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/HelenChristieWrites
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